According to this item in "The Press Gazette" by Charlotte Tobitt
"The BBC is planning to cut up to 115 editorial and production jobs in the Nations and Regions."

According to the BBC News Site, here, "Up to 50 jobs could go in Wales as the BBC implements budget cuts, starting in 2025.".

There may not be too many out there who will remember Dick Craig, who died recently at the rather amazing age of 102 and 8 months. Dick was a leading figure in the Television Engineering Personnel Department, or HR, or is it People now? He was my boss at times, a mentor figure, and a dear friend.
RIP Dick.

It is with deep regret I have to inform you my wife, Ros Freeman, who some of you may have known as Ros Cook, passed away, on 9th August, while an in-patient at St. Michael's Hospice in St. Leonards.

She was Manager of the Radio News Information Library at Broadcasting House and retired from the BBC in 1998 after 35 years of service.  

For those who wish to attend her funeral, on 17th September, please contact my daughter by email on charlotte.freeman@hotmail.com

Clifford Freeman (Radio Newsroom employee 1989-1997)

I`ve still got the "telegram" asking me to go in and do a night shift with crew 18 Colin Reid overnight accomodation provided in the dressing rooms!

Roger Francis (TVC Lighting) has passed away

On behalf of Maggie:

Roger Francis' funeral will be held on the 22nd August at 13:15.
The location will be:

Harwood Park Crematorium,
Watton Road, Stevenage.  SG2 8XT.


Wake will be at the Cowper Arms,
31 Station Road,
DIGSWELL
AL6 0EA.

Please check the address carefully as there is another Cowper Arms not that far away.
Route planner makes the journey 11 minutes.

An idea of the number of people hoping to attend the wake would be appreciated. Please message me if you intend to attend and I will let the organisers know..

Sad news received that the talented, award winning and very lovely Make-up Designer Lisa Westcott died recently. Her family funeral was held yesterday, 5th August. There is talk of a possible Memorial Celebration in September.

Lisa Westcott, British Make-Up Artist Who Won Oscar for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 76
She was also nominated for her work on 'Mrs. Brown' and 'Shakespeare in Love.'

Lisa Westcott, the British make-up artist who won an Oscar for her work on 2012’s Les Misérables, has died, her husband told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 76.

Westcott died July 30 at her home in Oxford with her husband, Jeremy Ancock, and her twin children, George Ancock and Harriette Rothwell, with her. She was a staunch advocate for crew workers’ rights and fought fiercely for them to be upheld over the years, her family said.

She shared the Oscar for best make-up and hairstyling with Julie Dartnell for their efforts on the musical’s film adaptation that starred Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.

The pair were photographed accepting the prestigious prize from Jennifer Aniston and Channing Tatum 11 years ago, beaming as they posed for photos afterward.

Westcott also earned two consecutive Oscar nominations for Mrs Brown (1997), starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly and Gerard Butler, and Shakespeare in Love (1998), with Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, where she designed the look for almost all the characters and oversaw the make-up. Her other accolades included two BAFTA awards for The Madness of King George and Les Misérables.

In 2001, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her hairstyling work on The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, starring Dench and Ian Holm. She also served as make-up artist and hairstylist on Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger.

Among her other credits were Notes on a Scandal, Fred Claus, Miss Potter and Iris.

Ken Ledsham Production Designer died recently. He was a lovely colleague and will be sorely missed. No details to share.

A friend of mine is searching for a capsule that fits onto an AKG 451EB microphone, the CK4.

He has looked on Google without luck. Does anyone know if the BBC ever used that capsule and if one is for sale?

Michael Crick, on X, reports: "very sad news, the brilliant BBC lawyer Roger Law has died".

He spent over four decades in the Solicitors' Dept and helped countless  editors, correspondents, producers and reporters to get their stories to air, legally.

Many tributes have been paid on X @michaelcrick